Phil Hall

So last summer I walked up here and bought my ticket and spoke to the wonderful people at the Wilden Cave Society who gave me a little tour, showed me a few secrets and some stories which I've tried to sort of feed into the book as we go along. So as the detectives are solving the case, they're also telling a little bit of the story about the history of the Baron's Cave.

So last summer I walked up here and bought my ticket and spoke to the wonderful people at the Wilden Cave Society who gave me a little tour, showed me a few secrets and some stories which I've tried to sort of feed into the book as we go along. So as the detectives are solving the case, they're also telling a little bit of the story about the history of the Baron's Cave.

So people would recognise all of these places.

So people would recognise all of these places.

It is, but not in this particular story, but that was in the very first story. That's the first one. I've got a series of three, and when I started writing about things I knew, I'd started playing tennis. So what better thing to do than kill off the coach? I've met the coach, yes, he's a nice guy. But you didn't call him Russell, did you? I did, actually.

It is, but not in this particular story, but that was in the very first story. That's the first one. I've got a series of three, and when I started writing about things I knew, I'd started playing tennis. So what better thing to do than kill off the coach? I've met the coach, yes, he's a nice guy. But you didn't call him Russell, did you? I did, actually.

I did, I did. Did he mind? No, he was very good about it. I let him read it, and he changed the surname, interestingly. But he was very happy about it, very good about it. I did write a nice chapter about him, which suggested he had a very good Wimbledon history, where he'd taken Roger Federer, who was his hero, taken a couple of sets off him before the rain...

I did, I did. Did he mind? No, he was very good about it. I let him read it, and he changed the surname, interestingly. But he was very happy about it, very good about it. I did write a nice chapter about him, which suggested he had a very good Wimbledon history, where he'd taken Roger Federer, who was his hero, taken a couple of sets off him before the rain...

came in in a Wimbledon of a few years ago so that was a bit of invention but yeah it went down really well with the tennis club and lots of tennis club people have like read the books and like them you see now I think your next novel number four should feature a young handsome podcast presenter

came in in a Wimbledon of a few years ago so that was a bit of invention but yeah it went down really well with the tennis club and lots of tennis club people have like read the books and like them you see now I think your next novel number four should feature a young handsome podcast presenter

Well, all of it, really. But it's interesting because you talk to people about murder stories and everybody wants to be in a story. Usually people want to be the murderer. I recently did a day with the vote in the polling stations, not for the general election, but for the local election, and I was thinking of setting one around that idea.

Well, all of it, really. But it's interesting because you talk to people about murder stories and everybody wants to be in a story. Usually people want to be the murderer. I recently did a day with the vote in the polling stations, not for the general election, but for the local election, and I was thinking of setting one around that idea.

And I spoke to all the people there, and almost without fail, everybody was going, oh, yeah, yeah, I could be the murderer, I could be the murderer. People seemed to have this fascination about it. But, of course, they all want to get away with it, whereas you've got to have a happy ending, really. I was thinking more like an Eddie Shoestring kind of character. Do you remember Shoestring?

And I spoke to all the people there, and almost without fail, everybody was going, oh, yeah, yeah, I could be the murderer, I could be the murderer. People seemed to have this fascination about it. But, of course, they all want to get away with it, whereas you've got to have a happy ending, really. I was thinking more like an Eddie Shoestring kind of character. Do you remember Shoestring?

I do, then, but she was saying, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I do, then, but she was saying, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So how far ahead are you thinking of your next stories? I tend to do one a year, and I've got this idea around a ballot box murder, which I'm partly a little bit nervous about because... there'd been a couple of politicians who were killed in service. So I wanted to make it before they were a member of parliament.

So how far ahead are you thinking of your next stories? I tend to do one a year, and I've got this idea around a ballot box murder, which I'm partly a little bit nervous about because... there'd been a couple of politicians who were killed in service. So I wanted to make it before they were a member of parliament.

And actually I thought of the idea a while ago, sort of like May time, hoping that the general election wouldn't be until like November, December, and then I could have it written. So it could come out like the next day. But of course it's happened already. Or the other idea I've got half an idea for is parkrun murder. Because I do a lot of parkruns and there is one in Reigate. And so the idea of,

And actually I thought of the idea a while ago, sort of like May time, hoping that the general election wouldn't be until like November, December, and then I could have it written. So it could come out like the next day. But of course it's happened already. Or the other idea I've got half an idea for is parkrun murder. Because I do a lot of parkruns and there is one in Reigate. And so the idea of,